Institute Cardiovascular Diseases
Sponsored by the Madras Medical Mission, the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Chennai has gained a reputation for being one of the most advanced centers in the world.
The Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Madras Medical Mission is a major specialized medical center that provides the latest medical facilities in the fields of cardiology and cardiac surgery in India. Located in the urban locale of Madras (Chennai), South India, this institution is accessible to the tourist attractions of Madras, Mysore, Bangalore, Pondicherry, and Kerala.
Facilities
This esteemed institute has hundreds of beds for inpatients, excellent surgical units and laboratories, cryopreservation lab for homograft valve preservation, heart laser unit. It also provides the most sophisticated instruments in investigative techniques, which include electrocardiography, chest radiography, echocardiography, color-flow Doppler, nuclear cardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography and MRI. It is a brand new building with outstanding medical library and extensive computer facilities. The clinical material is voluminous, challenging and diverse for most basic research pertaining to cardiology.
On-going Research Projects / Publications
Considering its reputation in Asia, this institute has been recognized by the Indian Government for postdoctoral training in cardiology and cardiothorasic surgery for National Board Examination. The Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), UK provided accreditation to this institution for its FRCS higher and basic examinations, while its extraordinary faculty trains graduate students in cardiac surgery, cardiac medicine, pathology and microbiology for Ph.D. degree from Dr. M.G.R. Medical University of Chennai, M.Phil/Ph.D. in cardiac sciences for BITS, Pilani. Moreover, this institution has research and clinical links with centers in USA, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. In USA, MMM has a working relationship with Cedar-Sinai Medical Center (California), Heart Institute (Oregon), and Heart Institute for Children (Illinois).
